Welcome to AMMA PAC

AMMA PAC is a Patients First organization seeking to deliver greater access to certification to legally purchase and possess medicinal Cannabis. Our organization works closely with patients, dispensaries, ancillary services and products to ensure all points of view are adequately represented at Arizona's legislature.

Every week, the AMMA PAC Newsletter delivers important information regarding legislative updates, community actions, and industry news. The team at AMMA PAC thanks each of our sponsors for enabling these communications and the diligent works our team is doing on behalf of the Cannabis industry and the patients it serves.

Arizona's Medical Marijuana Act is under constant scrutiny and potentially attacks by those wishing to dismantle the cannabis industry. Collectively, through the AMMA PAC, patients, dispensaries, and others in this nearly $400 million industry will have professional, experienced political representation.

AMMA PAC Sponsors

AMMA PAC Services:

Arizona's Legislature

Local Government

AMMA will bring sophistication and strategy to Arizona's Legislature through its relationships with sitting members and staff. Our team will monitor meetings, engage in testimony and regularly meet with legislators. We will also bring the industry to the legislature through individual meetings and presentations while bringing the professional side of the cannabis industry to the two chambers of our legislature.

Policy Updates

Each week of the year, look for updates from the AMMA team regarding our work at the legislature and how you can become involved in the progress the cannabis industry is making!

Local governments play an important role in determining where dispensaries can locate and how they can operate within their jurisdictions. The AMMA team will work closely with patients and dispensaries to implement strong local programs which provide adequate access to medicine and a productive economic environment.

Campaign Politics

In Arizona's current political environment, it is unlikely that our legislature will do much to advance the industry. That is why AMMA and its team is building a war chest to support candidates which support us and to finance future campaigns focused on the cannabis industry.

Your Legislative Team:

Taylor Swick, Lobbyist

Taylor was born and raised in Phoenix and has been involved in Arizona politics since 2004 both on campaigns and for state governmental agencies. In 2010, Taylor began practicing law in Arizona where he represented individuals in disputes relating to a variety of criminal matters and in all aspects of family law and also in cases that involved business litigation.Taylor has since moved from his legal practice to lobby on behalf of the medical cannabis industry to insure that patients and industry leaders alike are able to successfully obtain and dispense medical cannabis in Arizona. Taylor is an avid artist, selling and donating original works of arts for charitable events. Additionally, Taylor’s involvement in various organizations, such as Defenders of Children, and as a Board memberships allows him to relate both personally and communally to the diverse populations he represents.

John Hartsell, Strategist

As a lifelong entrepreneur, John Hartsell’s career has focused on campaign and legislative politics, traditional and digital marketing, and now, multimedia production and delivery. Over his career, Hartsell has had three successful companies including his last venture, Hardsale Communications which was acquired by one of the World’s largest media companies. Today, Hartsell is leading the charge for delivering quality, professional media coverage of the cannabis industry through his venture, Weedia, Inc. At Weedia, Hartsell and his business partner, Will Snyder, have developed a news property (online and magazine), production company, event management firm, and more.